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1. Vincent Carlyle Kerr - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 6.6 MB]

   ...been focussed on the fish populations, while the habitats and environments which underpin their production have been largely ignored. This situation is changing, with an increasing awareness that habitats are important and can be degraded through human activities, both marine and land-based. While the wider field of marine ecology has been researching such fish-habitat themes for a number of decades, the species worked on are often small, site-attached, and relatively short-lived; while f...

2. [2014] NZEmpC 153 Roy v BOT of Tamaki College [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...jurisdictional issues to be decided before Christopher Roy’s challenge to a determination 1 of the Employment Relations Authority can progress. [2] Until a few weeks ago the defendant contended that, having chosen to make a complaint under the Human Rights Act 1993, Mr Roy could not subsequently in law bring a personal grievance in reliance on the same conduct by his employer as formed the basis of his Human Rights Act complaint. This argument relied on s 112(4) of the Employ...

3. Proactive release – Government response to the Law Commission Report: “The Second Review of the Evidence Act 2006” [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...proceedings. Extension of sections 44 and 44A to civil cases 29. In civil proceedings, there is no general mechanism for controlling the admissibility of sexual experience and sexual reputation evidence, although the Employment Relations Act 2000 and the Human Rights Act 1993 contain specific provisions controlling this evidence in sexual harassment proceedings. 30. However, there may be occasions outside these employment or human rights contexts where it would be appropriate to have...

4. Proposals against incitement of hatred and discrimination - summary document - Tokelauan [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...te Āmiotonu (Ministry of Justice) (ko te Matāeke) e fia maua mai ni ō lagona ki nā fuafuaga e ono iēia ke hui te tūlāfono e uiga ki te fakaohooho ke fai he āmio kino ma te fakailoga tino. Ko te Tūlāfono o te Aiātatau o Tagata 1993 (Human Rights Act 1993) e fakahā e ia nā lāuga iēia e fakatupu (fakaoho ita ) ai te fakailoga lanu ma te fekehekeheakiga. E fakahā foki e ia te fakailoga tino e teteke ki he tino ona ko te tūlaga e iei ō lātou fakahinomaga. I na kua u...

5. [2021] NZEnvC 113 Minister of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...with declining richness at some 16 monitoring and possible likely improvements at six sites; (e) E. coli concentrations demonstrated D-band standards with studies indicating this may result from ruminant contamination, wildfowl, plant decay and human contamination. Ivlicrobial source tracking shows ruminant contamination contributes around 66%, wildfowl 24%, plant decay 7%, 2% undetermined and 1 % human contamination; and (f) That around half the sites are D-band status based on d...

6. ORC - Felicity Boyd - Evidence in Reply - 11 March 2022 [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...bodies, ecosystem services, and biodiversity • Any adverse effect on water quality, including cumulative effects, and consideration of the trends in the quality of the receiving water body. • Any adverse effect on any natural or human use value, and on use of the coastal marine area for contact recreation and seafood gathering. 20 “Water body” is defined in the RMA as “fresh water or geothermal water in a river, lake, stream, pond, wetland, or aquifer, or a...

7. Williams v Attorney-General [2024] NZHRRT 1 [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...that the Department of Corrections (Corrections) did not respond properly to her request for personal information and so interfered with her privacy. 1 [This decision is to be cited as Williams v Attorney-General [2024] NZHRRT 1.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2024] NZHRRT 1 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 [2] The events which formed the background to Ms Williams’ allegations of breaches of her privacy took place while she was in Auckland Region Women’s Correct...

8. 2025 NZSSAA 01 [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...Burials and Cremation Act 1964 inform how the term “reasonable funeral expenses” should be understood and interpreted. 43. As noted for Ms XXXX, the difficulty with this proposition is that, despite legislation concerning the disposal of human bodies, the applicable legislative provisions do not refer to disposal of a body, the 9 Burial and Cremation Act, or mandate restrictions based on cultural, social, religious, or other practices chosen by the family. 44. O...

9. [2006] NZEmpC WC 18/06 Progressive Meats Ltd v Meat and related Trades Workers Union [pdf, 48 KB]

   ...Court. Counsel submitted that an inspector’s determination would be reviewable if, for example, the inspector had failed to carry out initial consultation or took into account irrelevant matters. [20] Mr Cleary sought to persuade us that the Human Rights Act 1993 provides an analogous example of such a process having been intended by Parliament. Counsel submitted that the Employment Relations Authority does not have the power to review a Human Rights Commission decision or other...

10. [2015] NZEmpC 169 Tertiary Education Union v Vice-Chancellor University of Auckland [pdf, 123 KB]

    ...(the TEU) in the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority). 2 [2] Clause 2 of the agreement sets out provisions relating to the review of a number of policies, including (for present purposes) the Academic Grades - Standards and Criteria Human Resources Policy dated June 2007 (the AGSC policy). The AGSC policy deals with appointments to and advancement within and between academic grades. 1 Academic Staff Collective Emp...